When Do We Stop Giving Them a Chance?

Sports at all levels give athletes multiple chances to succeed, sometimes those chances payoff, other times they do not. Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen rejoined the New Orleans Hornets yesterday.  The 6-foot-10 forward was suspended from the NBA in 2006 for violating the league’s drug policy.  Will the Birdman become the next Ricky Williams? Ricky Williams, the two-time Doak Walker, one time Heisman winner, has been suspended multiple times for violating the NFL’s drug policy.  Ricky Williams had his contract renewed this past January with the Miami Dolphins.  Williams has been given far too many chances. Take the University of Albany for example.  They have a top-flight lacrosse player named Mike Banks on their team.  Banks is a former member of the street gang the ‘Bloods’ in Norwalk, Conn.  He spent 5-months incarcerated for shooting a man with a hunting rifle and burglarizing a home when he was 15.  Mike ... [link]